Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Paducah, KY

Issued

Jul 8, 2016, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)

Expired

Jul 8, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Paducah, KY

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Ballard County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Graves County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

987 
WGUS53 KPAH 082311
FFWPAH
KYC007-039-083-145-157-090200-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0049.160708T2311Z-160709T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
611 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  GRAVES COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  MCCRACKEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  CARLISLE COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  BALLARD COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 607 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF WEST KENTUCKY. RADAR
  ESTIMATED ACCUMULATIONS ARE OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR. WITH THE
  GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM STORMS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, FLASH
  FLOODING COULD DEVELOP IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. PLEASE USE
  CAUTION. SOME COMMUNITIES THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE CLINTON, LA
  CENTER, PADUCAH, MAYFIELD AND BENTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3677 8882 3677 8906 3679 8908 3680 8917
      3684 8918 3686 8913 3697 8910 3701 8917
      3707 8918 3721 8903 3723 8893 3714 8873
      3711 8861 3702 8851 3706 8834 3693 8819
      3675 8811 3675 8848 3650 8849 3650 8881

$$

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199 
WGUS73 KPAH 090102
FFSPAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
802 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

KYC007-039-083-145-157-090200-
/O.CON.KPAH.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160709T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARSHALL KY-GRAVES KY-MCCRACKEN KY-CARLISLE KY-BALLARD KY-
802 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
MARSHALL...GRAVES...MCCRACKEN...CARLISLE AND BALLARD COUNTIES...

AT 759 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS FLOOD WATERS COVERING
PORTIONS OF MAXON ROAD IN MCCRACKEN COUNTY AT 7:20 PM, AND AT 7:40
SEVERAL ROADS IN BALLARD COUNTY HAVE FLOODING CONDITION. ALTHOUGH
THE HEAVIER RAINS HAVE MOVED OFF TO THE EAST, ADDITIONAL RUNOFF IS
EXPECTED AND THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3677 8882 3677 8906 3679 8908 3680 8917
      3684 8918 3686 8913 3697 8910 3701 8917
      3707 8918 3721 8903 3723 8893 3714 8873
      3711 8861 3702 8851 3706 8834 3693 8819
      3675 8811 3675 8848 3650 8849 3650 8881

$$

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Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.